stunt
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- (countable) A stunt is something dangerous you might do to get attention.
- Jumping over a river on a motorcycle is a dangerous stunt.
- The actor did all his own stunts for the movie.
- That last stunt almost got you killed!
- (countable) A stunt is something that you do that gets you in trouble.
- I was punished for the stunt I pulled [did] in school.
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- It is common to say "pull a stunt" to mean "do a stunt."
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- To stunt something is to slow or stop its development.
- He was very short because sickness had stunted his growth.